William Brazziel

William Ferris Brazziel Jr. was an African-American educational scholar. He was a professor of higher education in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut for twenty-seven years until his retirement in 1996. Before joining the University of Connecticut, he served as director of general studies at Norfolk State University.
Brazziel, one of nine children born to William Farris Brazziel Sr. and Odis Isom Brazziel, served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Second World War, stationed in the Asiatic Pacific Area: New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands. He earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Administration from Ohio State University, with a 1956 thesis titled "Instruction in agriculture in non-land-grant colleges in the United States".
He was the author of Quality Education For All Americans, and co-authored the book Shaping Higher Education's Future.
Brazziel died at home, aged 84, on November 21, 2010, after a long illness, survived by his wife of 54 years, Marian Edmondson Brazziel, and their son Dominique.